Evening News and Notes - July 11, 2008

Tim Credeur throws a left hand at C.B. Dollaway during the tapings for “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest”. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough, both among the newest alumni of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show, will attempt to meet once again in a welterweight bout that has been added to next weekend’s UFC Fight Night 14 card in Las Vegas.

While the UFC has yet to officially confirm the bout, Credeur himself has informed our friends at MMA Junkie that he has passed a preliminary drug test that will allow his previously scheduled bout against Yarbrough to take place at the event. The two were originally slated to meet at June 21’s “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale” but the fight was scrapped, literally at the last minute, due to a positive test for Adderall on Credeur’s part.

The skilled grappler owns a prescription for the drug to treat a former of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He voluntarily informed the Nevada State Athletic Commission of his prescription five days before the bout but was unfortunately unable to completely flush the drug out of system in time. He did not face any disciplinary action other than the fight being cancelled.

Fighters Test Clean Following UFC 86

The NSAC also announced today that all fighters tested following the conclusion of last weekend’s UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin event came back negative for both drugs of abuse and performance enhancing substances. The organization has yet to have a fighter test positive for any kind of banned substance this year.

The official weigh-in results for tomorrow afternoon’s Cage Rage 27: Step Up event are below. All fighters successfully made weight. The show features a main event between longtime veteran Phil Baroni, who will be dropping down to the welterweight division for the first time in his career, and fellow heavy-hitter Scott Jansen, winner of his last two fights.